In his speech at the opening ceremony of TAIWAN PLUS, Keiji Furuya, chairman of the Nippon-Chinese Senators Forum, said that TAIWAN PLUS is an event that allows Japanese people to understand Taiwan in depth. (Photo by reporter Lin Cuiyi)
2022/09/17 17:56
[Commissioner Lin Cuiyi in Japan/Reported by Tokyo on the 17th]The TAIWAN PLUS “Taiwan Auspicious Day” Life Festival hosted by the Cultural Federation opened today in Ueno Park. The chairman of the “Japan-China Congressional Meeting” and Representative Keiji Furuya said in his speech that the epidemic situation The outbreak front desk had a record of 7 million visits in one year. He also hopes that after the border reopens, Taiwan will set a new record of intensive exchanges during the day. He also said that in October, he will lead 20 members of Congress to visit Taiwan to participate in the National Day. Celebrate with the people of Taiwan.
The TAIWAN PLUS Taiwan Auspicious Day Life Festival, which has been missing for 3 years, is back on the scene. Today, the scorching sun in Tokyo is in the sky. Although the weather is hot, hundreds of people are waiting to enter the venue before the market opens at 11 am, which is unprecedented.
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The opening ceremony was performed by gongs and drums by the “Lei Sheng Chuanyi Troupe”, and the third prince and the Lion Dance Troupe warmed up on the same stage. Including Hsieh Changting, Ambassador of the Representative Office in Japan, Jiang Chuno, Vice President of the General Assembly, Keiji Furuya, Chairman of the Japan-China Council of Senators, Senator Kentaro Asahi, Advisor to the Youth Bureau of the Liberal Democratic Party, Higuchi Takahian, the Mayor of Daida Ward, Tokyo, and the Chairman of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly Japan-Taiwan Council of Representatives Xiaojiming and others came to the stage to give speeches.
Furuya, who just visited Taiwan in August, once again said in Taiwanese that “Taiwan has a chronology, and Japan has a chronology” in his speech, which won warm applause from the audience. He said that his visit to Taiwan in August made him feel that in the face of China’s threat, Taiwan will not be able to. His sense of crisis is higher than that of Japan. He will bring 20 members of Congress to visit Taiwan next month, and he is looking forward to meeting Taiwanese friends again.
He also pointed out that TAIWAN PLUS is an event that allows Japanese people to have a deeper understanding of Taiwan. In 2018, the number of participants in the first session exceeded 100,000, and he also expected that the number of participants would be even larger this time.
Senator Kentaro Asahi, a former volleyball player, said in his speech that he went to Taiwan to participate in a game 30 years ago. Akira Kojima, president of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly Japan-Taiwan Parliamentarians Union, said that he had studied at National Taiwan University and was very familiar with Ojisan Obasan at the water source market of the mansion.
Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike, who was unable to attend due to her overseas visit, also wrote an open letter to President Tsai Ing-wen, expressing her will to create a deeper and more fruitful friendly relationship with Taiwan, and wishing Taiwan a prosperous national destiny.
After the opening ceremony, Furuya and Asahi visited various exhibition booths accompanied by Xie Changting. In the hot weather, Furuya also took the initiative to invite Xie Changting to drink Taiwan beer to cool off the heat.
Representative in Japan, Mr. Xie Changting, accompanied Nihua Ken President Keiji Furuya and Senator Kentaro Asahi to visit the booth of TAIWAN PLUS, which was full of people. (Photo by reporter Lin Cuiyi)
The TAIWAN PLUS “Taiwan Auspicious Day” Life Festival hosted by the Cultural Federation opened today in Ueno Park. The “Lei Sheng Chuan Yi Theatre Troupe” brought gong and drum performances and lion awakening to warm up the scene. (Photo by reporter Lin Cuiyi)
The night market playground of the TAIWAN PLUS “Taiwan Auspicious Day” Life Festival attracts many Japanese children to play. (Photo by reporter Lin Cuiyi)
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